Iraqi Prime “is struggling with security”
December 10, 2009 – 11:51 pm
permutation in the leadership of security services were held Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki in the wake of a series of bombings in Baghdad that claimed many lives.
Head of Baghdad Security Service, Lieutenant General Abboud Kanbar and Deputy Chief of Army Staff, Lieutenant General Ahmed Hashem Avudeh were yesterday instructed to switch places, reports Al-Jazeera “.
recall, at least 127 people were killed and nearly 500 were injured in a coordinated series of bomb blasts on Tuesday, December 8, in the Iraqi capital. The next day, the American Institute of tips for international terrorist organizations (Search for International Terrorist Entities, Site) reported that the responsibility for the explosions took over the Iraqi Al-Qaeda “.
Powerful explosions shake the country ever since it was announced that in March will be the general election. Premier al-Maliki, a candidate for a second term on a platform of strengthening security in Iraq, has not yet been fired for mistakes or a senior security officials. However, the growth of popular discontent with the apparent absence of measures may cost him and his party many votes in the upcoming elections, experts say.
Speaking yesterday on national television, Prime Minister urged the people to be patient, promised to review security strategy and may make further rearrangements in the unit. However, he again did not say whether the liability incurred by one of his ministers.
“I urge the Iraqi people to exercise more patience and firmness” – said al-Maliki. The politicians, he appealed to “avoid the use of these disasters to create conflicts during the election campaign, because if the building collapses, it collapses at all and no one will survive”.
